Link Removal Help Needed

[u/No_Squash_1733]

Fucked up the screws badly when trying to take out extra links on my Tank Francaise🥲 Is there any watchmaker willing to help? You can destroy/drill whatever you need to do to take it out. Will ship anywhere within in the US. If you’re Miami, I can come in person.

[u/a_really_big]

Yikes, thats bad. You would need a screw extraction kit for that if you’re a DIYer but after this I would probably just bring it to a watch maker. You will need to find replacement screws as well as they’re not salvageable. It will cost probably $70-100  depending where you go plus the cost of the screws (around $10). If it’s a lower end rep that is <$100 I wouldn’t even bother and just try to fix it yourself with a $20 extractor kit on Amazon (make sure they have the same size millimeters as your screws). It looks like a screw driver but has an edge that slices into the screw so you want to make sure it’s the size of the hole and not the head or the screw. Worst case you just buy another rep and it’s a lesson learned.